Dispenser



July 5, 193s.

T. K. PODWYSZYNSKI DISPENSER Filed July 1,1936

la 12 1Q Ft/ Y] Il I HI A /zg l INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented July 5, 1938 Unirse STATI- 1s PATENT oFFieE j ,f t l, :72,122,695

DISPENSER i v Thadeus K. Pcdwyszynsk-, Brooklyn, N. Y. l `Application July 1, 1936, Serial No. 88,310

1 Claim.

My invention relates tc improvements in dispensers, particularly to a dispenser of soap powder and other powdered or pulverized material as for instance talcum, bath salts, or the like in certain predetermined quantities, and it is the principal object of my invention to provide a dispenser oi simple and inexpensive construction,'yet durable and highly efcient in use.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a dispenser of this type including a container for the material to be dispensed equipped with a means to readily and conveniently secure the same to wooden or tiled walls etc. by means of vacuum cups, rubber cement or the like.

Still another object of my invention is the provision of a dispenser, the container of which may be made from plastic material or metal casting in any suitable form or shape and color, and of convenient sizes.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a dispenser for powdered or pulverized materials including a star wheel forming a plurality of compartments of preferably triangular cross-section of substantially equal. capacity adapted to be lled with the material so that during the rotation of the wheel a predetermined quantity of the material may be dispensed through a lower opening in the container or annex thereto, while the outer edges of the partition walls of the star wheel simultaneously serve to loosen the material in the container if the same has become clogged or caked therein.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a -dispenser for pulverized material the star wheel of which may have one or more dispensing compartments and is operated by means of. a suitable handle the spindle of which is preferably screwed into the body of the star wheel.

These and other objects and advantages oi my invention will become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then be specically dened in the accompanying drawing and claim.

In the drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of a dispenser constructed according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a section through the same on line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Fig. 4 shows a modified form of star wheel.

As illustrated, the dispenser constructed according to my invention comprises mainly a container I for the material to be dispensed, preferably circular in cross-section and made of any suitable material the upper end of which is closed by means of a removable cover or lid II having an inner depending ange I2 tightly fitting against or engaging the inner wall of the container. A handle or grip I3 facilitates the operation of the lid.

The bottom part of the container is preferably substantially hopper-shaped, as at I4, and carries a substantially trough-shaped member I5 attached to the container by means of the screws I6 or the like.

The bottom I4 has a median opening I'I formed therein in alignment with and oppositely disposed to an opening I 8 in the trough-shaped member I5, and the material of the bottom at the inner end of the opening therein is bent out of the plane thereof to form a hood I9 so as not to interfere with the free rotation of the blades of the star wheel 2D.

This star wheel has preferably, as here sho-wn four blades 2| forming between two adjoining blades compartments 22 substantially triangular in cross-section and of like capacity to receive and dispense a predetermined quantity of the material to be dispensed.

Within the trough-shaped member I5, the star wheel carries a circular disc 23 to which the inner ends of the blades are secured and which rotates with the star wheel upon its operation by a screw or spindle 24 attached to the star wheels body and carrying an outer handle or knob 25 by means of which the star wheel is rotated.

The attachment of the container to a wall 26, Figure 1 is preferably effected by means of the suction cups 2l, 28 respectively, the spindles or studs 2S of which extend into the container through its slotted Wall as at 29 and are secured in place by means of heads 30 or nuts 3|.

In the form of star wheel illustrated in Figure 4, the wheel 32 has formed therein one compartment only, designated 33.

The use and operation of my dispenser will be entirely clear from the above description thereof by simultaneous reference to the drawing, and it will be evident that any material filled through the top opening of the container after removal of its cover will gradually ll the compartments of the starwheel when the same is rotated with a quantity of material determined by the size of the star wheel compartments formed by the blades. The material will then be dispensed through the lower opening of the trough-shaped element or member, the hood formed withthe bottom will in no way allow an interference with the free rotation of the star Wheel, and the suction cups Will allow a readf,7 attachment of the dispenser to any Stipport particularly when assisted by rubber cement.

@It Will be understood that I have described and s'iiown the preferred form of mYgAinVentio-n only as an example of the many possible Ways to practically construct thesame and that I may make such changes in its construction and its minor details ascome Within the scope of the appended claim;without departure from the spirit of Ymy invention.

Having'v thus described my invention, what VI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters atent is:

In a dispenser for powdered soap a substantially circular container for the soap, a lid for said container and a bottom for said container having substantially hopper shape and an open= jing, a hood formed by abending the material of i' the hopper bottom out of its plane at the inner e end of the opening in said bottom, a star Wheel f having four blades, oneof said il:lades closing the Hopening 'in the bottom ef the centainerrwith the nstar Wheel at rest, said blades shaped to loosen clogged material during therotation of the star Wheelga disc to Which said blades are secured and turning insaid hood, a spindle for the star Wheel and a handle on said'spindle, aid a substantially trough-shaped annex to the container having an opening and attached to the container in which the blades and disc are located.

THADEUS K. PODW SZSZYNSKI. 

